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Montecara is in the process of moving away from fossil fuels and toward sustainable energy but badly lags behind schedule in its goal, set in 2000, to achieve 100% renewable electricity by 2025. Less than ten percent of the electricity generated in Montecara comes from a renewable source, with the remaining more than ninety percent coming from oil and natural gas. | Montecara is in the process of moving away from fossil fuels and toward sustainable energy but badly lags behind schedule in its goal, set in 2000, to achieve 100% renewable electricity by 2025. Less than ten percent of the electricity generated in Montecara comes from a renewable source, with the remaining more than ninety percent coming from oil and natural gas. | ||
{{wp|Nuclear power}} is a highly contentious political issue in Montecara. Montecara has been a {{wp|nuclear-free zone}} since 1985 in response to plans by [[Comega]] to build a {{wp|boiling water reactor}}. | |||
Montecara must import all its fossil fuels and is therefore highly dependent on the flow of international shipping to supply its energy needs. | |||
=== Power plants === | === Power plants === | ||
== Transportation == | == Transportation == | ||
Revision as of 06:00, 23 July 2019
Electricity
| Data | |
|---|---|
| Electricity coverage | 100% |
| Continuity of supply | 99.99% |
| Installed capacity (2017) | 4795 MW |
| Share of fossil energy | 92.28% |
| Share of renewable energy | 7.72% |
| Average electricity use (2018) | 14.35 billion kW·h |
| Institutions | |
| Responsibility for transmission | Comega |
Montecara is in the process of moving away from fossil fuels and toward sustainable energy but badly lags behind schedule in its goal, set in 2000, to achieve 100% renewable electricity by 2025. Less than ten percent of the electricity generated in Montecara comes from a renewable source, with the remaining more than ninety percent coming from oil and natural gas.
Nuclear power is a highly contentious political issue in Montecara. Montecara has been a nuclear-free zone since 1985 in response to plans by Comega to build a boiling water reactor.
Montecara must import all its fossil fuels and is therefore highly dependent on the flow of international shipping to supply its energy needs.